Malik is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning “king.” In 2024 it was given to 736 boys in the United States.
Malik belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “king” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Malik first appears in Social Security records in 1949. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #97 in 1996, and in 2024 736 babies received the name — 48,867 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Malik means “king” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Malik is a boy name. In 2024, 736 babies received the name in the US.
Malik comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Malik first appears in US records in 1949. Its best-ever ranking was #97 in 1996, and 736 babies were given the name in 2024.
Malik is pronounced /məˈlik/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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